CDLI Literary 000636, ex. 004 & 000638, ex. 006 (P346206)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000636, ex. 004 & 000638, ex. 006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346206 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
English translation
By Peterson, Jeremiah · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1' | May you be our brother, may you be our brother |
| obverse 2' | May you be our brother/standard(?) of/at the gate of the palace |
| obverse 3' | May you be our lord of the prow of the barge |
| obverse 4' | May you be our captain of the chariot |
| obverse 5' | May you be our groom who runs (alongside?) the chariot |
| obverse 6' | May you be our city elder who decides cases |
| obverse 7' | Son-in-law, ..., son-in-law, ... |
| obverse 8' | Brother(!?), may you be the son-in-law(!?) of(?) our father |
| obverse 9' | May you be our son-in-law whose neck is raised |
| obverse 10' | May my mother say good things with you(? i.e. converse) |
| obverse 11' | Your having come is indeed life |
| reverse 2' | ..., my god(?)! He is the one that sweetens me(?) |
| reverse 3' | His hands (are) honey, his feet (are) honey that sweetens me(?) |
| reverse 4' | His limbs (are) sweet honey that sweetens me(?) |
| reverse 5' | The beautiful hiz plant ..., it is the hiz plant that he has watered |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | szesz#-[...]-en szesz#-[...] | |
| 2' | SZESZ ka2 e2-gal-la x [...] | |
| 3' | u3-mu-un si ma2-gur8-me he2#-[...] | |
| 4' | nu-banda3 {gesz}gigir2-ra-me he2-me-en# | |
| 5' | szusz3 {gesz}gigir2 sar-ra-me he2-me-en | |
| 6' | ad-da iri# di ku5-ru-me he2-me-en | |
| 7' | mussa IM2 mussa IM2 | |
| 8' | szesz!(MU) |SAL.MU.DI| ad-da-me he2-me-en | |
| 9' | mussa# gu2 zi-ga-me he2-me-en | |
| 10' | [...] nig2#-ze2-ba hu-mu#-x-x-x-[...] | |
| 11' | [...]-na#?-zu nam-ti# [...] | |
| 12' | [...] x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-da# | |
| 2' | x [...]-me-er-gu10 ga2-e mu#-[un-ku7]-ku7#-da | |
| 3' | szu-ni# lal3-e [giri3]-ni# lal3-e ga2-e mu-un-ku7-ku7-da | |
| 4' | a2-szu-giri3-ni# lal3-e ku7-ku7-de3 ga2-e mu-un-ku7-ku7-da | |
| 5' | hi{sar} sa6-sa6 x [...] hi{sar}-am3 x [...] | |
| 6' | x x x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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